I don’t tell everyone to move to Berkeley. But if you are heavily invested socially in the rationalist community you are passing up alot of personal utility by not moving to Berkeley. Other considerations apply of course. But I think the typical hghly invested rationalist would be personally better off if they moved to Berkeley. Whether this dynamic is good for the community longterm or not is unclear.
What do you mean by a new branch of the rationality community? John Maxwell suggested in another thread local rationality communities aside from Berkeley could have comparative advantages in specializing in offering rationalists the sort of things they might want but typically can’t find in Berkeley. This has been the intention of other projects to build up like local rationality communities like Project Kernel (which is currently experiencing significant problems).
Alright, that makes sense. I was reading some of Zvi’s other posts on his blog about the rationality community, and I think there are significant advantages to start a new local meetup he was missing. Some of them used to apply to me until the last few months we’ve had success in starting a new local meetup after organization fell through for almost a year.
I don’t tell everyone to move to Berkeley. But if you are heavily invested socially in the rationalist community you are passing up alot of personal utility by not moving to Berkeley. Other considerations apply of course. But I think the typical hghly invested rationalist would be personally better off if they moved to Berkeley. Whether this dynamic is good for the community longterm or not is unclear.
Or you could start a new branch.
What do you mean by a new branch of the rationality community? John Maxwell suggested in another thread local rationality communities aside from Berkeley could have comparative advantages in specializing in offering rationalists the sort of things they might want but typically can’t find in Berkeley. This has been the intention of other projects to build up like local rationality communities like Project Kernel (which is currently experiencing significant problems).
I meant “a new local meetup”.
Alright, that makes sense. I was reading some of Zvi’s other posts on his blog about the rationality community, and I think there are significant advantages to start a new local meetup he was missing. Some of them used to apply to me until the last few months we’ve had success in starting a new local meetup after organization fell through for almost a year.
That seems common. “keep at it” is my only advice. Let us know if you make breakthroughs.